2.4.4. Style and efficacy of communication between parent and child
A score for communication effectiveness (success of the parent in getting the child to do the task correctly) was
calculated. The interaction was coded as successful when the child performed the task, regardless of how the mother
transmitted the information or how the child performed the task. A task was coded as unsuccessful when either the child
failed to perform the task, the child refused to perform the task, or the parent gave up transmitting the task. The coding of
style of communication was based on frequency of occurrence of a given strategy: always/often (>51%) or rarely/never
(